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Brian Aldiss
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British science fiction writer (1925–2017)
OverviewAI-generated
Brian Aldiss (1925–2017) was a British science fiction writer, novelist, and literary critic. Born in Dereham, he served in the British Army during World War II. His writing career spanned from 1954 until his death in Oxford. Aldiss was a member of the Royal Society of Literature and received the Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He also won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, the Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the Pilgrim Award.
Aldiss was influenced by Karel Čapek, Olaf Stapledon, H. G. Wells, and Mary Shelley. He was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story, the Hugo Award for Best Short Story, the Nebula Award for Best Novelette, and the Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Among his works are *The astounding-analog reader*, *Damon Knight's Orbit 12*, *LONDON TALES OF TERROR*, and *Barefoot in the head*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 18 August 1925
- Died
- 19 AUgust 2017
- Works
- 571
Top works
- The astounding-analog reader
- אל האינסוף
- Damon Knight's Orbit 12
- LONDON TALES OF TERROR
- Barefoot in the head
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
Brian Wilson Aldiss was an English writer and anthologies editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. The prolific writer behind more than 80 books and editor of 40 anthologies. His numerous short stories include "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long", which was adapted into the Steven Spielberg film "AI".
Known for
- Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey — self2022
- The Real History of Science Fiction — Himself2014
- The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick — Self2007
- On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' — Self2000
- The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut' — Self1999
- Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife — Self - Interviewee1994
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1948-05-15
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 90
- Total plays
- 1,008
Brian Aldiss was born in 1925 in Oxford, England. He began publishing short stories in the mid-1950s, and within a few years had embarked on a succession of SF novels that made him a name in Science-Fiction. In the 60s he was associated with the U.K.'s New Wave, and since then he has remained a literary experimenter. Somewhat unique in the realm of Science-Fiction, Aldiss is also a historian of the genre. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Brian+Aldiss">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,951x
- A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
· 1991 · cited 26,530x
- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,416x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,985x
- Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony
· 1977 · cited 18,360x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “The day of the android has dawned.”
- “Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.”
- “One afternoon in early January, the weather showed a lack of character. There was no frost nor wind: the trees in the garden did not stir.”
- “Keep violence in the mind where it belongs.”
- “When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of Hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.”
- “Most SF is about madness, or what is currently ruled to be madness; this is part of its attraction — it's always playing with how much the human mind can encompass.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Brian Wilson Aldiss , ( 1925-08-18 ) 18 August 1925, East Dereham , Norfolk, England
- Died
- 19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) (aged 92), Oxford , England
- Pen name
- Jael Cracken Dr. Peristyle C. C. Shackleton
- Occupation
- Writer editor artist
- Period
- 1954–2017
- Genre
- Science-fiction
- Notable works
- Non-Stop Hothouse Helliconia trilogy " Supertoys Last All Summer Long "
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Brian Wilson Aldiss (/ˈɔːldɪs/; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science-fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for occasional pseudonyms during the mid-1960s.
Greatly influenced by science fiction pioneer H. G. Wells, Aldiss was a vice-president of the international H. G. Wells Society. He was co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group with Harry Harrison. Aldiss was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1999 and inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2004. He received two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award and one John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He wrote the short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" (1969), the basis for the Stanley Kubrick-developed Steven Spielberg film A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). Aldiss was associated with the British New Wave of science fiction.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brian Aldiss” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.